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Budget Committee Meeting August 24, 1999 Page 7 that are making more than your patrolmen, and you are going to give them five more percent. Mr. Wilson agreed that the city needs a wage study. City Manager Malone said all these departments heads that we are talking about holding back, he submitted that they are taking on and doing more and doing a better job than any others, and we get more bang for the buck. They bring in more grant money than anyone ever thought about. We have paved the streets and fixed more water and sewer lines than there has ever been in the history of the city. Mr. Haynes pointed out that the City of Plano, the City of Richardson, and the City of Allen have the same problem that the City of Paris does. Mr. Haynes said when he first started doing the Civil Service testing 13 years ago, we had 150 people coming and taking the police test. Mr. Haynes said he is now giving the police test about every three months and there was 25 people that took the test last time, and said the test that is being given now compared to the test given back then, is not as difficult. Mr. Haynes said everyone has the same problem with the Police Department as the City of Paris. Mr. Haynes advised that Dallas and Ft. Worth are paying $15,000.00 more a year for a policeman starting out than we pay. Mr. Haynes said the City of Paris pays $5,000.00 more than Sulphur Springs or Mt. Pleasant pays, but when you start looking and we are going to attract someone from Greenville or Sherman, you probably will not because they are not that far off. Mr. Haynes said they were not just losing patrolmen. The city of Paris lost a Corporal and a Sergeant. Discussion was had on the comparison of the salaries of the Police Chief with Sherman, Denison and Greenville with that of the City of Paris. City Manager Malone pointed out that the City of Paris is serving more than our population. We are sending water all over Lamar County and down into Red River County. We have more people in Paris, Texas on a daily basis than we did even three years ago. City Manager Malone said you can go out and look at the traffic. We have more calls for service, we are hauling more trash, picking up more brush, hauling more people, providing more service, providing more Library service to residents of the county. We have more Parks and Recreation, any function that you want to look at, we are doing better, we are more